According to a product page that popped up on Overclockers UK, in about a month HIS (Hightech Information System) will be releasing a custom-cooled graphics card powered by AMD's Hawaii GPU. The card is question is known as the Radeon R9 290X IceQ X2 Turbo and it comes equipped with the IceQ X2 cooler boasting two 89 mm fans as well as two 8 mm and three 6 mm heatpipes.

HIS' upcoming card also has 2816 Stream Processors, a 512-bit memory interface, 4 GB of GDDR5 VRAM, 8-pin and 6-pin PCIe power connectors, dual-DVI, HDMI and DIsplayPort outputs, and it comes bundled with a voucher of EA's Battlefield 4. The Radeon R9 290X IceQ X2 Turbo doesn't seem to have final clocks (they aren't mentioned) but there is a price tag (£499.99) and a shipping estimate (January 24th).

Wow, blue PCB and a beige cooler? Did they hire an interior designer to pick their colors or something? That color scheme won't go together with any motherboard... And I thought the Asus gold-theme was bad. I like thinking outside the box, but this is just plain ugly.

weird. my phone was typing backwards. anyways, lol at the sarcasm above. The iceQ coolers are awesome. It seems that this site is filled with ferries and 9 year old girls. This will be a great option along with those from MSI, sapphire, and others. If you plan on purchasing based on color, keep that shit to yourself.

Personally, I would take a 'Butt Ugly' card that performs well, and has a good price over a cheaper, more aesthetic looking with lesser performance. That is yet to be determined but, if this thing rocks, could be the new black.

With how many people rip these things apart to clean out dust, I don't know why they don't make these easily removable. Reference cards are the worst. There's always, like, 50 clips and a few screws holding the outer shroud on. What's worse, the clips look like plastic, but judging by how hard they are to remove, I'm guessing they're actually made of Carbotanium.

Why can't we have an easy to remove shroud that we can spraypaint whatever theme color we want? Two birds, one stone.